This is the beach in my town, lol



Timber from the Ice Prince cargo ship, which sank off the Dorset coast, is washed up on Worthing beach in West Sussex.


Shipwreck timber surrounds coast


Timber from the Ice Prince is washed up on Worthing beach.

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Thousands of pieces of timber have been washed up on the beaches across southern England after a cargo ship sank off the Dorset coast. Coastguards said the timber, several feet deep on the tide line, now stretched along the Sussex coast and was moving east towards Kent's coast.
The Greek-registered Ice Prince sunk about 26 miles (42km) off the coast after a storm.
More than 2,000 tonnes of timber have drifted 100 miles through the Channel.
Solent coastguard said timber had washed up all the way from Littlehampton in West Sussex to Beachy Head in East Sussex.
He said: "What's there on the beach will stay until it is removed by contractors authorised by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency.
"Any other wood in the Channel will move to and fro with the tides."

See the "wood slick"



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He said coastguards were unable to predict where timber in the water would drift, because it could depend on whether it was affected by the wind.
Dover coastguard used an aircraft on Monday to assess how far the timber had travelled.
West Sussex County Council said there were unconfirmed reports of minor damage to sea defences.
It said people taking the wood had become a "serious problem".
A spokesman said: "Lots of people have been turning up, including men in vans taking a load - a significant number of people."
Sussex Police have issued a warning to say removing the timber is unlawful, and if people continue to take the wood, they could be liable to prosecution and arrest under the Merchant Shipping Act.
Safety warnings
Worthing beach was closed at the weekend to allow heavy machinery to remove the washed-up cargo.
Wendy Knight, from Worthing Borough Council, said the ship's owners had appointed contractors to find a market for the timber which would then be sold.
Barriers and cordons were being erected along the beach, with "public safety the key element".
Mariners, windsurfers and canoeists have been warned that the floating wood could cause a serious accident.
The 10m (33ft) lengths of sawn wood were put on board in bundles, but sea conditions broke many of them apart.

wow...that's a lot of wood

"Uh... huhuhuh... he like... said... wood."

"Ya... wood. Wood! WOOD!!!"

free wood??? id built a boat

That was my first thought too.

I think it looks like they will be cleaning up a lot of wood. Maybe they could get some friendly neighborhood beavers to help them with the clean up.

No!

Ninja Foxes and Killer Koalas!

I'm wondering who'd buy it and if it would still be any good for much after soaking in seawater. It was probably treated with something I am sure. Do treatments stand up to that tho?

That would be SO cool to have just a little from that ship! I am sure that is one heck of a clean up though

-RMS Carpathia-

wow can build a shed load of beach hunts! Adam you best get started now theres lots of wood for you to use!!